Mail-bag catcher.



No. 810,322. PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906.

J. F. CHESTER.

MAIL BAG CATOHBR.v

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3.,11905.

' ZSHEBTS-SHEBT 1.

PATBNTED JAN. 16, 1906.

J. P. CHESTER. MAIL BAG CATGHER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3.1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET z.

' UNYEED STATES I? UFFICE. "JOHN criss'rns, or tocisvinns; KENTU.GKY,* 'ASSIGNOROF THIRTL can; or. LOU1SV1LLE.,,KEN-

fri'vn' oss-nnnnnsnrns' 'roaonn' J. en s rncirr. mime-BAG OATQHER. No; 810,322. Specification of LettersPatent. Patented 55 111.16, 1,906.

Application filed-Jilly 3,1905 herial N- 263,154.

0 wmm'ii; eon/same arried by the casting S is a bag receiving 55 Ben known that 1, JOHN T Cnnsrnnfa and delivering member or fork 12, having a citizen oi the United Qtates oi America, re straight cylindrical portion or shank 13 eX-, siding at Louisville, in the county of i e .ertended tl'irough and mounted for rotation in son and Ejtate oi hientuclr have invented the opening and rnergin at itsouter cnc new and useful improvements in. Mail-Bag into an inclined portion 1 a pted to seat 60 Catchers, of which the i'oilowing is a speciiiin one of the recesses 9,

cation.

)K. relates to niaii oag, catchbag-rec H objects to pror arati ve y s in I is inexpensive device of this charac r in "which the hag-supporting arms \viii norms-ii stand and e a ion or arm 17 extending from ochcd n an unchstrncting position, one ing guide port wherein the arms niav rea iiy' reversed. to the open mouth of the recess 15 and torrne accord with the t'ii'iLJelOD oi travel oi the continuous With the side 'Wali it, which let 7o wait-car, and one in which the arms willhe ter has formed thereon at a point adjacen locked in active position the inner end oi the arm 17 a bag-engaging v ircntelevation otthe car-crane. 3 is a ihe standards 2 have extended thereheo sinii iar view oi the track'erane. i Y 4 is a tween at a point snitahiy remote from the detail perspective view oi one of the hag-reground a second horizontal'shait or axle 23; 85 ceiving; arms. Fig. 5 is a similar view 01 the L oi the arms and a portion o: monitor or arm 24, I

with a pivoted bag-engaging portion or nnates the er 25, adapted to swing in a horizontal plane and having formed in its iovrer face a sea or c hearing or one the latter.

Referring to the drawings; 1 design track cranc,comprising a pair 0 sp aced posts or standards '2, attached at theirlower ends recess 26., t to and arising; vertically ire-in the crosaties, aid standards, which are fixedly sustains by braces 53, being connected at their upper ends through the medium ot a transverse bar 4, bolted or otherwise secured in place, while the latter, it heinghoted in this connection carried by one oi the standards is a piatiorrn av we had by a ladder 6. the rod 27 is a greater distance from th piv- 5o o ositely-extendinginchnedrecessesQ,conirections in order to sitions of the pivots 28 an 29 relative to the municating at their inner en W1 and ornaing a continuation of a central bearing-open ivots 7 and 23 for a purpose which will hereing 10, formed in the casting, said opening 0 matter appear.

y a transverse opening 11. l Journaled in bearings 32, attached to th .ing or shaping the niaterial oi which the fork 6 5 antenna c- L h through engagement 0 the mail-bags 'hhGYGr' portion or ringer 1%, provided with a seat or 20 with. recess 1 The portion 13 ot the member 12 With those and other objects in view the is equipped at its inner end with a head 20 invention comprises the novel features oi and is provided hetween its ends with an construction and co" hination of parts more opening 21; designed to register with the fully hereinafter dos ed. opening 1.1 for the reception of a coupling-pin 1n the acconipan; I a Fiqnre 1 22, the head 20,Which is removable from the a side eicvation s a or car shaninheing maintained thereon by means 0' cranes in. active pc.- tron? 1. .ing the a cotter-pin 23, entered through a suitab e mail-bass from one to another. is a opening in the shank...

10. 37, the shank of the fork 36 being. journaled t r Pivoted to the upper end of frame 33 by element or link 41, sald parts being all idenz 5 standards 2 are rubber cushioning members o gagernent of the mail-bags by'the forks.

' 1 crane will pass at a point centrally between 40 the bag 44 is received by fork 12 the finger 40 '45 with the line of movement of the car, while 5 scribed, and carrying a ba -receiving memer or fork 36, similar in all respects to the fork 12, except that. the portion orshank 13 of fork 36 projects beyond the inner end casting and is equipped with a handle" '1) e casting and. arm for simultaneous move 7 5 In the casting 35' and normally fixed-against of a pin 22, as in the corresponding construction above described.

imposition. v

lfirom the. foregoing it is apparent that I produce a simple device admirably adapted .80

for the attainmentof the ends in views, one

means of an eyebolt 38 is an upper bag-sup-' porting arm 39, having a pivoted bag-en age mg portion or finger 40 and connected with t e casting 35 throughthe medium of a rigid wherein. the forks may be quickly reversed tlcal in construction and operation with the corresponding parts of the track-crane. isposed upon the shaft 7 at oppositeends of the casting 8 and between t e'latter and stood that in attaining these ends minor changes in the details herein set forth. may be resorted to Without-departing from the spirit of the invention. I

' aving thus described the invention,'wha-t I claim is- 1. In a device of the class described, a sunport, a bearing member pivotally connected therewith 'anc having an opening andfa pair f oppositely-disposed recesses communicating with said opening, abag-receiVing memer having a shank journ'aled for rotation in andfor movement longitudinally of the openmail from the car the fork 12 of the trackfork 36 of the car-crane, while 3 gaged through the beanng member and shank or ing said shank against ongitudinal movement. 4 p

2. In a deviceof the class described, a sup- 1o 5 port, a bearing member pivotally coimecte'd therewith, a bag-engaging mean or journaled for rotation in the earing member, interocking connections between the members to prevent rotation of the engaging member, the r In latter eing adapted for longitudinal movernent to eilect its release, and a couplingpin entered through and for fixing the members against relative longitudinal movement.

n a device of the class described, a sup- I I5 of arm 39 will swing freely on its pivot to ba releasing position, it being apparent that the fork 36 will be positioned with its bag-engag ing" portion or finger 18 extended parallel at tie same time the finger 26 of the arm 24 is, sait engaging no 141 seated in the other or opposite recess, after member bein lon itudnially movable relaw ich the parts are again secured by means tive to the caring member for seating said of the coupling-pins. When not in action, portion. in or unscatingit from the recess, and

the parts normally stand in the nnobstructa coupling-pin for fixing the parts against reling position illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, but ative longitudinal movement.

w. ien. movedto t 1e position seen in Fi l the a r arms and forks Wlll be automatically looked JOHN QHES hrough engagement of the mail-bags there- In presence ofwith and owing to the peculiar connectionfbe- AN'IEL J. HnNNnssY,

tween the arm and fork of eachpair, it being iVILLIAt'I l). lln'nsrnn'. 

